Dealer Allocation - How to know?

[sniffHound]

How can you find out if your dealer has decent allocation. Mine sells lots of fleet vehicles but I can find any numbers on this. Can anyone help?

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[smahones]

You have to ask.

 

[BlueBronco]

Most sales reps are not given this info and it is best to ask a manager or GM. However, lately it seems that dealerships are treating Bronco allocation information like fight club.

 

[sniffHound]

Exactly. They would let me know because i will order elsewhere and cancel once I find out i'm getting built.

 

[mcon33]

Seeing as how they have changed the allocation policy yet a third time......who the he77 knows. Even the GM probably doesnt know at this point, not that they'd tell you if they did.

 

[Pdshepherd]

Another unfair practice from @Ford Motor Company how can we take this into account if it’s not published somewhere. It absolutely impacts getting your ride but you can’t know it. Real cool.

 

[Mr_Scoutmaster]

I don't think they really care if you "cancel" your order because nothing actually gets cancelled. They still get the build, it's just not matched to your name and they don't need to worry about that unless they are under the minimum name-match % which I think is what, 60% now down from 80%? It's not a worry for them.

As far as figuring allocation, I thought that if I could at least understand how many March '21 reservation orders had been delivered at my dealer, and the number still left in the queue, I could at least do my own math - but they won't even give me that and play completely dumb. They told me "We've delivered some soft tops, very few hard tops." In my job everything is based on metrics and data. Ford and their dealers are deliberate protecting themselves and their bottom line by keeping that in house. Yeah, thanks for nothing.

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